Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 432-300, Robert Durkee, Conn.

NUMBER
SERVICE
Conn
Durkee, Robert
B.L. Ht 432-300
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1929 Jan. 18. Hist. L. nrs. D. M. Haskell awd. See letter in Benjamin Durlce S 39473
No 432.
Cap. Rob t Durkee Conn t Line. -
Wippled R. Oct. 1908. Set d to P. Bradley awd.

I know all Men that we Philip Meeks and Amelia the wife of the said Philip of the Town of Wilkesbarre, County of Luzern & State of Pennsylvania have made, ordained, constituted and appointed Phineas Bradley Esq. of Washington City our true & lawful Attorney for us and in our name to ask, demand, and receive from the War Department of the United States a Military Land Warrant for Three hundred acres which we claim as the heirs of Cap t Robert Durkee of the 1 st Reg t Connecticut line; who was killed in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Philip Meeks Seal
Witnesses present Witness Josiah Bonnet Witness Nathan Bonnet
Amelia Meeks Seal
County of Luzern State of Pennsylvania ss.
Personally appeared Philip Meeks & Amelia the wife of the said Philip this 12 th day of August 1808. before me Jesse Fell Esq. one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Luzern aforesaid and acknowledged the above Power of Attorney to be their act and Deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
Jesse Fell, Seal

County of Susquehanna State of Pennsylvania ss
Personally appeared this 12 th day of August 1808, before me Jesse Fell Esquire one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Susquehanna, Matthias Hollenbach Esq r (formerly an Ensign in Capt m Ransom's Company which with Capt m Robert Durkee's, composed the two Independent companies raised in 1776 in then Westmoreland County, under the jurisdiction of the State of Connecticut; the officers were commissioned in Aug t or Sept t of the same year; both these companies were afterwards attached to the 1 st or 2 d Connecticut Regiment but which this Deponent believes to have been the first) This Deponent makes oath that he has frequently seen the commission of Capt m Robert Durkee which said commission he believes was lost in the battle in which Capt m Durkee fell, in which engagement he the said Matthias was also present & within six feet or there abouts of the said Durkee the moment he was wounded that he advised the said Durkee to retreat which he did. that shortly after being compelled to retreat being hard pushed by the Indians & Tories he passed the said Durkee who was overtaken & tomhawked; this took place the 3 d of July 1778. that one month afterward passing over the field where the battle had been fought he recognised the body & clothing of the said Durkee
And this Deponent further makes oath that Amelia, the daughter of Capt m Durkee & wife of Philip Weeks of this county, is the sole surviving

heir of the said Capt Robert Durkee
Matthias Hollenback
I swear before me this 13 th day of August 1808..
Yoseph Tull
Col. Matthias Hollenback... of respectable... who did... and has long been... of the honorable judges of the Court of Common... County of... State of...

Free Slater Am.
Doc r Phineas Bradley
Washington City

Washington 13 th Aug 1808.
Dear Sir,
The object of Mr Weeks' enquiry of you What he particularly wishes to know, is whether any provision was ever made by law for the widows of officers killed during the Revolutionary war or in service he was understood that such half pay provision was extended to 7 years after the period of their deaths
Enclosed are the necessary papers to enable Mr Weeks to obtain his land warrant I will thank you to present them to Major Rogers & request him to issue the warrant as early as the pressure of his official business will permit
Have you disposed of the articles I left behind Has Mr Poole sent on my large painting So he yet in town I wish it sent by Ward to my brother & will thank you to give me the earliest notice of its being sent that I may write & prepare him for its reception
We are all well
With Esteem
J. A. Luff

Rev. and 1819 Wars Section.
Case
January 14, 1929
Mrs. D. M. Haste 1822 Union Avenue Memphis, Tennessee.
Madam:
I advise you from the records of this bureau, it appears that Robert Durkee was commissioned, in August 1778, captain of an Independent Company raised in Westmoreland County, which was then "under the jurisdiction of the state of Connecticut; and was killed in battle, July 3, 1778.
Three hundred acres of bounty land was allowed on Warrant No. 432, on account of the services of the said Captain Robert Durkee.
In 1808 it is stated that Amelia, wife of Philip Weeks of Wilkesbarre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, was the daughter and only surviving heir of the above named Robert Durkee. There are no further data as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.